New York Knicks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

Apr 2, 2025

FINAL

48-28New YorkKnicks

105

61-15ClevelandCavaliers

124

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
NYK	34	26	25	20	105
CLE	28	25	38	33	124

Game Recap

The Cavaliers outscored the Knicks 71-45 in the 2H as they move to 61-15 and defeat New York, 124-105. The Cavs 61 wins tie the second most in franchise history (61 in 09-10; 66 in 08-09). The Knicks move to 48-28 with the loss. Dating back to 10/31/2023, the Knicks were 71-0 when leading by 15+ points in a game, until tonight being snapped by the Cavs.

Player Stats

KNICKS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
3Josh HartSF	36	8-19	3-9	0-0	5	4	2	0	3	1	-14	19
8OG AnunobyPF	33	9-17	5-8	0-0	6	6	0	0	1	4	-14	23
32Karl-Anthony TownsC	33	9-16	1-3	6-7	13	1	0	0	7	5	-9	25
25Mikal BridgesSG	35	3-6	0-1	2-2	2	3	1	0	2	3	-18	8
0Delon WrightPG	33	3-9	1-5	0-0	3	6	1	0	1	2	-15	7
44Landry Shamet	26	2-7	1-5	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	-11	5
5Precious Achiuwa	21	5-9	0-0	3-4	6	1	1	2	0	1	-10	13
13Tyler Kolek	14	0-4	0-3	1-2	0	3	1	0	0	1	-4	1
28Anton Watson	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
0MarJon Beauchamp	2	1-2	0-1	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
23Mitchell Robinson	— did not play —												— did not play —
P.J. Tucker	— did not play —												— did not play —



TOTAL	-	40-9044.4%	11-3630.6%	14-1782.4%	39	24	7	2	14	19	-	105

CAVALIERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Max StrusSF	23	3-5	2-4	0-0	5	2	0	0	3	0	+1	8
4Evan MobleyPF	30	4-11	1-4	4-4	4	4	1	1	2	4	+20	13
31Jarrett AllenC	32	10-11	0-0	1-2	8	0	1	1	2	3	+10	21
45Donovan MitchellSG	30	10-18	3-7	4-4	6	5	1	3	2	3	+20	27
10Darius GarlandPG	32	8-15	1-4	0-0	4	6	1	0	1	3	+10	17
12De'Andre Hunter	25	6-11	2-5	2-2	2	0	1	0	0	1	+18	16
5Sam Merrill	22	2-4	1-3	0-0	4	3	0	0	1	1	+8	5
35Isaac Okoro	23	5-10	1-6	0-0	6	2	2	0	1	0	+13	11
8Javonte Green	5	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	1	-2	0
9Craig Porter Jr.	6	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	1
24Jaylon Tyson	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
30Nae'Qwan Tomlin	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
21Emoni Bates	2	1-3	1-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
33Luke Travers	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
13Tristan Thompson	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	50-9453.2%	12-3732.4%	12-1485.7%	44	23	8	5	13	18	-	124

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterNYKCLE

(12:00) Jump Ball Allen vs. Towns: Tip to Mobley
(12:00) MISS Garland 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(11:31) Bridges REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:12) MISS Hart 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:09) Garland REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:01) Wright S.FOUL (P1.T1) (J.Goble)
+1 (11:01) Mitchell Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
01
+1 (11:01) Mitchell Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
02
(10:45) MISS Wright 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:43) Allen REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:37) Strus Step Out of Bounds Turnover (P1.T1)
+2 (10:19) Towns Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Bridges 1 AST)
22
(10:19) Allen S.FOUL (P1.T1) (J.Goble)
(10:19) MISS Towns Free Throw 1 of 1
(10:17) Allen REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (10:07) Allen 1' Alley Oop Dunk (2 PTS) (Strus 1 AST)
24
(9:50) Garland P.FOUL (P1.T2) (M.Ervin)
+3 (9:38) Hart 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Anunoby 1 AST)
54
(9:22) Anunoby P.FOUL (P1.T2) (M.Ervin)
(9:14) MISS Mobley 8' Turnaround Hook Shot
(9:08) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:04) Hart 2' Running Layup (5 PTS) (Bridges 2 AST)
74
(8:56) MISS Mobley 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(8:53) Garland REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(8:46) Mobley Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T2)
+3 (8:29) Anunoby 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Wright 1 AST)
104
(8:16) MISS Garland 13' Pullup Jump Shot
(8:13) Anunoby REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (8:03) Hart 1' Cutting Layup Shot (7 PTS) (Anunoby 2 AST)
124
+3 (7:53) Strus 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Garland 1 AST)
127
+3 (7:37) Towns 26' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Wright 2 AST)
157
+3 (7:19) Mitchell 31' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS)
1510
(7:06) MISS Hart 1' Cutting Layup Shot
(7:06) Mobley BLOCK (1 BLK)
(7:03) Strus REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(7:02) Mitchell Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T3)
+3 (6:43) Anunoby 24' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Wright 3 AST)
1810
(6:42) CAVALIERS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(6:31) Strus Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T4)
(6:31) Wright STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (6:26) Wright 2' Running Layup (2 PTS) (Hart 1 AST)
2010
+2 (6:16) Garland 16' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS)
2012
+3 (5:56) Wright 24' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Anunoby 3 AST)
2312
+3 (5:38) Garland 30' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS)
2315
+2 (5:15) Towns 14' Turnaround Fadeaway (7 PTS)
2515
(5:01) MISS Strus 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:58) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(4:58) Towns Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)
(4:43) MISS Okoro 3PT Jump Shot
(4:40) Achiuwa REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:26) MISS Hart 9' Fadeaway Jumper
(4:23) Okoro REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (4:07) Hunter 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Merrill 1 AST)
2518
+2 (3:46) Bridges 13' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
2718
(3:21) MISS Hunter 2' Driving Layup
(3:19) Achiuwa REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(3:02) MISS Achiuwa 12' Fadeaway Jumper
(2:59) Merrill REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (2:51) Hunter 24' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Okoro 1 AST)
2721
+2 (2:33) Shamet 12' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Bridges 3 AST)
2921
(2:20) MISS Garland 21' Step Back Jump Shot
(2:17) Okoro REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(2:15) Knicks Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(2:09) MISS Mitchell 2' Layup
(2:08) Mitchell REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(2:06) MISS Mitchell 3' Putback Layup
(2:04) Hart REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (1:43) Hart 24' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (10 PTS)
3221
+2 (1:31) Mitchell 19' Step Back Jump Shot (7 PTS)
3223
+2 (1:06) Achiuwa 1' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
3423
(0:57) Bridges P.FOUL (P1.T3) (J.Goble)
+3 (0:50) Merrill 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Mitchell 1 AST)
3426
(0:35) Towns Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T2)
(0:28) Anunoby P.FOUL (P2.PN) (M.Ervin)
+1 (0:28) Mitchell Free Throw 1 of 2 (8 PTS)
3427
+1 (0:28) Mitchell Free Throw 2 of 2 (9 PTS)
3428
(0:03) MISS Anunoby 3' Driving Layup
(0:03) Mitchell BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:03) Okoro REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

NYK

CLE

105Points124

40-90(44.4%)Field Goal(%)50-94(53.2%)

11-36(30.6%)3-Point(%)12-37(32.4%)

14-17(82.4%)Free Throw(%)12-14(85.7%)

39(15)Rebounds(Offensive)44(15)

24Assists23

7Steals8

2Blocks5

14Turnovers13

19Fouls18

52Pts In The Paint64

14Fast Break Pts14

22Pts Off Turnovers23

23Bench Pts38

15Largest Lead21

Game Details

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 · 7:00 PM

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse · Cleveland, OH

attendance: 19,432 (100%)

tv: ESPN